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As many of you know, the TV critics of the world have converged on Southern California to hear what the broadcast and cable networks have in store in the weeks and months ahead. Yesterday was CBS's turn, and they made a point to tell the critics that they are working on Game Show Marathon, the project where contestants play a different classic game show each episode. I know we had discussed this in an earlier thread, but the fact that of all their projects, CBS wanted to include this in their discussions with critics would appear to be encouraging news.
Few details so far, but many articles are appearing in papers around the country today. Goggle News "Game Show Marathon" to get a sampling.
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If CBS promotes this 7 episode run of GSM as heavily as NBC did the initial week of "Deal/NoDeal", it can't fail. It's great to see Fremantle and CBS extend their ongoing relationship to test the waters for more of the company's classic formats. Watch for big, impressive presentations of the show titles we all love, including, I'm told, some TPiR. At the helm is one of the smartest and most pleasant producers in the biz, Stuart Krasnow (Weakest Link, Dog Eat Dog, etc). Game show fans, let's hope this is a hit!
Randy
tvrandywest.com
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[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Jan 19 2006, 11:06 AM\']If CBS promotes this 7 episode run of GSM as heavily as NBC did the initial week of "Deal/NoDeal", it can't fail. It's great to see Fremantle and CBS extend their ongoing relationship to test the waters for more of the company's classic formats. Watch for big, impressive presentations of the show titles we all love, including, I'm told, some TPiR. At the helm is one of the smartest and most pleasant producers in the biz, Stuart Krasnow (Weakest Link, Dog Eat Dog, etc). Game show fans, let's hope this is a hit!
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Gosh, I wonder who just got hired to announce the show. :)
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Besides the producer (and announcer), do we know of any other game show veterans on board for this?
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Scott Robinson
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This was mentioned in a single paragraph in today's USA Today.
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Saw two episodes of the UK GSM (TPiR and Take Your Pick) and they were fantastic, entertaining, and faithful to the originals for the most part. Each show had a 5-minute vignette in the beginning that highlighted the show's history. The celebs were, for the most part, B-level for the UK, but they knew how to entertain. (Carol Vorderman, Eamonn Holmes, and Ruby Wax were the only ones I recognized.)
Hope the import fares as well. I wonder what seven celebs would be the perfect bunch to play? Hmm.
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 10:00 AM\'](Carol Vorderman, Eamonn Holmes, and Ruby Wax were the only ones I recognized.)
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If I recall from the reports posted here when it happened, Vernon Kay was another one of the TPiR contestants; he hosted both the UK and US editions of "Hit Me Baby One More Time".
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 01:00 PM\'] The celebs were, for the most part, B-level for the UK, but they knew how to entertain. (Carol Vorderman, Eamonn Holmes, and Ruby Wax were the only ones I recognized.)
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As a guy who you sent a copy of these shows to, I ask :
You didn't know who Patsy Kensit was? Rent Lethal Weapon 2. You'll be a fan of hers forever. I am!
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[quote name=\'mitchgroff\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 01:00 PM\']Hope the import fares as well. I wonder what seven celebs would be the perfect bunch to play? Hmm.
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Betty White, no question. If they do MG, gotta get Brett and Charles. Lots more old-timey celebs come to mind, but I imagine they'll want more modern ones for the most part to get those demos. I suspect Coolio is available, and he's not a bad player at all. And there's always Kathy Griffin . . .
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[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 03:01 PM\'][quote name=\'mitchgroff\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 01:00 PM\']Hope the import fares as well. I wonder what seven celebs would be the perfect bunch to play? Hmm.
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Betty White, no question. If they do MG, gotta get Brett and Charles. Lots more old-timey celebs come to mind, but I imagine they'll want more modern ones for the most part to get those demos. I suspect Coolio is available, and he's not a bad player at all. And there's always Kathy Griffin . . .
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Hold On.
Before this turns into a "Who should be on the Match Game Panel" thread, the GSMarathon in the UK did not play any games that required celebs. The shows they used required only the 6 celebrities they had booked each week.
Week one : 6 celebs play.
Week two : 5 celebs play (minus week one champion)
Week 3 : 4 celebs play (minus weeks 1,2 champions)
Week 4 : 3 celebs play
Week 5 : Week 1-4 champions play
Week 6 : 3 champions play (minus week 5 winner)
Week 7 : Final 2 superchampions play Family Fortunes with members of their own families.
Get it?
No extra celebs for panels like the Match Game. So unless they do a completely diff format than the UK version (which I have to forecast isn't likely), then don't expect Match Game in the first 6 weeks...
They could do it for the final show, though.......
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You didn't know who Patsy Kensit was? Rent Lethal Weapon 2.
She was also in an '80s pop group called Eighth Wonder...but they never really had a big hit.
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 03:17 PM\'][quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 03:01 PM\'][quote name=\'mitchgroff\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 01:00 PM\']Hope the import fares as well. I wonder what seven celebs would be the perfect bunch to play? Hmm.
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Betty White, no question. If they do MG, gotta get Brett and Charles. Lots more old-timey celebs come to mind, but I imagine they'll want more modern ones for the most part to get those demos. I suspect Coolio is available, and he's not a bad player at all. And there's always Kathy Griffin . . .
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Hold On.
Before this turns into a "Who should be on the Match Game Panel" thread, the GSMarathon in the UK did not play any games that required celebs. The shows they used required only the 6 celebrities they had booked each week.
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Sorry. I mixed my metaphors, so to speak. I understand that mostly it's celebrities playing games, not celebrity games like MG or HS.
Thus, my choice of Betty White still stands because she is a great player and provides a living connection to so many past game shows.
I might suggest one other old-timer and then the newbies, in which case Coolio would be a good choice because he does play the games well. I just assumed Kathy Griffin and other B- or lower-list celebs would likely be in the mix as players, too.
If they did decide to do MG, though, there's no question that Brett and Charles should be called upon, and even Dawson if they can get him. If Betty's out of the running as a player by then, put her on the panel.
I still think a discussion of potential celebrity players, with an eye to who among current celebs would be a good and entertaining player, would be worth the bandwidth. But you're right that we shouldn't start planning potential MG or HS panels (which, I know, I just did above, but by way of clarifying my previous post) since the primary purpose of the celebrities here will be to play the games as contestants.
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[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 01:15 PM\']I still think a discussion of potential celebrity players, with an eye to who among current celebs would be a good and entertaining player, would be worth the bandwidth.
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I would love to know if you still feel that way after you see some of the suggestions people here come up with.
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[quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 04:15 PM\']Sorry. I mixed my metaphors, so to speak. I understand that mostly it's celebrities playing games, not celebrity games like MG or HS.
Thus, my choice of Betty White still stands because she is a great player and provides a living connection to so many past game shows.
I might suggest one other old-timer and then the newbies, in which case Coolio would be a good choice because he does play the games well. I just assumed Kathy Griffin and other B- or lower-list celebs would likely be in the mix as players, too.
If they did decide to do MG, though, there's no question that Brett and Charles should be called upon, and even Dawson if they can get him. If Betty's out of the running as a player by then, put her on the panel.
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Beat the Clock is one of the games under consideration -- which would probably effectively eliminate all of the older celebs listed above -- the youngest of the four, at age 74, is Dawson.
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I could see, say, Colin Mochrie (The $100,000 Osmond) or Brad Sherwood (TTTT2K) being in there...
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Dawson is most doubtful as a possible guest. He's tried to keep himself out of the public eye for some time now, and the last thing I'm sure he wants to do right now is be on a game show...
IMHO, Betty White is always good for game shows, along with some of that, dare I say it, "Whose Line is it Anyway" gang. I wouldn't be surprised, however, if I were to see the likes of Phil Koeghan and Jeff Probst so to plug their own shows...
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[quote name=\'wheelloon\' date=\'Jan 21 2006, 03:22 PM\']Dawson is most doubtful as a possible guest. He's tried to keep himself out of the public eye for some time now, and the last thing I'm sure he wants to do right now is be on a game show...
IMHO, Betty White is always good for game shows, along with some of that, dare I say it, "Whose Line is it Anyway" gang. I wouldn't be surprised, however, if I were to see the likes of Phil Koeghan and Jeff Probst so to plug their own shows...
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Actually, I'm seeing Probst and Keoghan as the *hosts*, especially if all involved want to have two hosts like Ant and Dec (even though that worked so not well with Seacrest and Dunkelman).
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 12:39 PM\']
Actually, I'm seeing Probst and Keoghan as the *hosts*, especially if all involved want to have two hosts like Ant and Dec (even though that worked so not well with Seacrest and Dunkelman).
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You can just forsee that the 6 celebs will be CBS stars. PLEASE someone book Brad Garrett as one of them. Hell, i'd bet he'd be a good host.
Is Tom Bergeron locked into ABC ? Does he have some sort of development deal with them?
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 05:49 PM\'][quote name=\'Mike Tennant\' date=\'Jan 20 2006, 01:15 PM\']I still think a discussion of potential celebrity players, with an eye to who among current celebs would be a good and entertaining player, would be worth the bandwidth.
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I would love to know if you still feel that way after you see some of the suggestions people here come up with.
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Good point, although thus far we're on pretty solid territory, but then most of the usual suspects for the Bowling Buddy award haven't weighed in yet.
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 01:25 PM\']
Is Tom Bergeron locked into ABC ? Does he have some sort of development deal with them?
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Tom was on WMMR/Philly this morning, promoting "Dancing with the Stars", and he did mention that he has a developmental deal with ABC. The best line of the morning: "If ABC needs a host....and Regis has the flu...I'm their man."
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[quote name=\'davewalls\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 03:56 PM\']The best line of the morning: "If ABC needs a host....and Regis has the flu...I'm their man."[/quote]
That is a perfect Bergeron line.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 12:07 PM\'][quote name=\'davewalls\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 03:56 PM\']The best line of the morning: "If ABC needs a host....and Regis has the flu...I'm their man."[/quote]
That is a perfect Bergeron line.
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At least he's honest. :)
/bump him to the #1 slot, dammit :)
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[quote name=\'davewalls\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 02:56 PM\']Tom was on WMMR/Philly this morning, promoting "Dancing with the Stars", and he did mention that he has a developmental deal with ABC. The best line of the morning: "If ABC needs a host....and Regis has the flu...I'm their man."
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That's VERY interesting. Regis' new deal with the network gives him a 4 day work week (shades of Letterman/Conan)....I'd imagine they'll spend the next few years 'gently looking' at heir apparents.......Tom and Kelly, anyone?
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 01:25 PM\']You can just forsee that the 6 celebs will be CBS stars. PLEASE someone book Brad Garrett as one of them. Hell, i'd bet he'd be a good host.
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I'd honestly suggest the cast members of some of CBS' hit shows work the panel together. Cast members from "Raymond" one episode, the cast from "CSI" the next?
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[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 05:20 PM\'][quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 01:25 PM\']You can just forsee that the 6 celebs will be CBS stars. PLEASE someone book Brad Garrett as one of them. Hell, i'd bet he'd be a good host.
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I'd honestly suggest the cast members of some of CBS' hit shows work the panel together. Cast members from "Raymond" one episode, the cast from "CSI" the next?
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Go back to post #10 . It's explained there how this works...not the way you are suggesting.
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I'd like to see "Family Feud" with Charlie Sheen and his family. Denise, Martin, Emilio and....Heidi?
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[quote name=\'tvwxman\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 02:30 PM\'][quote name=\'davewalls\' date=\'Jan 23 2006, 02:56 PM\']Tom was on WMMR/Philly this morning, promoting "Dancing with the Stars", and he did mention that he has a developmental deal with ABC. The best line of the morning: "If ABC needs a host....and Regis has the flu...I'm their man."
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That's VERY interesting. Regis' new deal with the network gives him a 4 day work week (shades of Letterman/Conan)....I'd imagine they'll spend the next few years 'gently looking' at heir apparents.......Tom and Kelly, anyone?
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He actually had a talk show project under consideration with Amy Yasbeck Ritter, but it looks like it's gone by the wayside in favor of Megan, Rachael, the "He's Not That Into You" guy and someone else.
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Have we even seen anything yet that says our version will be using celebrities?
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[quote name=\'nWo_Whammy\' date=\'Jan 24 2006, 03:09 PM\']Have we even seen anything yet that says our version will be using celebrities?
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Virtually every mention of the show from winter press tour said that celebs would be involved, usually with "celebrities" in quotes or "C-list" preceding the word.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jan 24 2006, 04:44 PM\']Virtually every mention of the show from winter press tour said that celebs would be involved, usually with "celebrities" in quotes or "C-list" preceding the word.
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I'd seen that much, but I thought the only mentions thus far was that the British version was done that way, or am I incorrect?
EDIT: Upon looking, I see a few reports making some mention of celebs playing, so I guess I'll assume that's official.
Anyhow...
With CBS/Freemantle working on this project, and the announcement today of the CW Network, it seems even more likely now that this could be a launching pad for a new round of game shows. After all, the affiliates left out in the cold will have a lot of time to fill looking for new syndicated programs (via FM), and the CW will have a lot of hours in the day to fill, as well (possibly from CBS's end).
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[quote name=\'nWo_Whammy\' date=\'Jan 24 2006, 03:55 PM\']After all, the affiliates left out in the cold will have a lot of time to fill looking for new syndicated programs (via FM), and the CW will have a lot of hours in the day to fill, as well (possibly from CBS's end).
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Other than prime time, what would change? Nothing.
Get over it. Not gonna happen.
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[quote name=\'uncamark\' date=\'Jan 24 2006, 04:44 PM\']Virtually every mention of the show from winter press tour said that celebs would be involved, usually with "celebrities" in quotes or "C-list" preceding the word.
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The A-Listers are waiting for the return of "Battle Of The Network Stars", while the B-Listers are waiting for the resurrection of "Circus Of The Stars", hence the "Game Show Marathon" gets the C-Listers. <sarcasm meters at full throttle>
[quote name=\'nWo_Whammy\' date=\'Jan 24 2006, 06:55 PM\']Anyhow...
With CBS/Freemantle working on this project, and the announcement today of the CW Network, it seems even more likely now that this could be a launching pad for a new round of game shows.
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One would wonder with CBS' WB/UPN merger if they might pull one or two celebs from the new CW stables if they were to stick with CBS-only talent. It would be a nice way to promote their new "sister network" to the throngs.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 24 2006, 08:24 PM\'][quote name=\'nWo_Whammy\' date=\'Jan 24 2006, 03:55 PM\']After all, the affiliates left out in the cold will have a lot of time to fill looking for new syndicated programs (via FM), and the CW will have a lot of hours in the day to fill, as well (possibly from CBS's end).
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Other than prime time, what would change? Nothing.
Get over it. Not gonna happen.
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Well...Doesn't WB still run the afternoon kids block? WB stations losing their affiliation will have the 3-5 block to fill.
I understand it may be unlikely, but it CAN happen.
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[quote name=\'nWo_Whammy\' date=\'Jan 24 2006, 09:15 PM\']Well...Doesn't WB still run the afternoon kids block? WB stations losing their affiliation will have the 3-5 block to fill.
I understand it may be unlikely, but it CAN happen.
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No, I believe they recently killed that block. According to Wikipedia (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_WB#End_of_the_weekday_block\") (and apply all appropriate disclaimers to that citation), that's been dead for three weeks, replaced with repeats of ER and a double-dip of 8 Simple Rules.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 25 2006, 05:14 AM\'][quote name=\'nWo_Whammy\' date=\'Jan 24 2006, 09:15 PM\']Well...Doesn't WB still run the afternoon kids block? WB stations losing their affiliation will have the 3-5 block to fill.
I understand it may be unlikely, but it CAN happen.
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No, I believe they recently killed that block. According to Wikipedia (http://\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kids_WB#End_of_the_weekday_block\") (and apply all appropriate disclaimers to that citation), that's been dead for three weeks, replaced with repeats of ER and a double-dip of 8 Simple Rules.
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While that's true, it's still a 2-hour network block in the afternoon that current WB affiliates that don't become CW affiliates will have to fill come this fall.
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[quote name=\'scottua1\' date=\'Jan 25 2006, 07:31 AM\']While that's true, it's still a 2-hour network block in the afternoon that current WB affiliates that don't become CW affiliates will have to fill come this fall.
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Step 1: See what the UPN affiliate in the same market (who for the sake of simplicity we will assume is going to inherit the ER/8SR block) is running.
Step 2: Buy that.
Step 3: Profit!
My point is, everyone has a hardon right now because they are thinking there are going to be great tons of empty time that need to be filled with new programming, But at this moment one of the preexisting networks isn't filling that time ANYHOW, and the other is filling it...with syndicated repeats.
Neither of these networks ever programmed a daytime block
With WB Kids gone, neither of them program an afternoon block.
That leaves prime time. You are not going to see boatloads of game shows in prime time. You're going to see movies and talk shows and Relic Hunter or whatever that asinine Tia Carrere wannabe Tomb Raider show is.
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Going back to the who will be the 6 Celebs question (if you factor in CW players):
My promotional list would be:
1. Anyone from CSI: Somewhere (CSI: <city>, CBS)
2. Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond, CBS)
3. Someone from a CBS Pilot (TBA, CBS)
4. A lead-ish from Everybody Hates Chris (Everybody Hates Chris, UPN)
5. Enrico Colantoni (Veronica Mars, UPN)
6. One of the two leads of Supernatural (Supernatural, WB)
Hosts: Phil and Jeff with a guest each week that relates to the history of the network and the significance of the game (Betty White, Richard Dawson (if he'd do it), Dick Clark, etc)
Just my 5c
-Joe Kavanagh
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Here's a shorter version of clemon's point: Prime time won't go to game shows on the orphaned stations. The same shows that currently fill the other 44 hours of their combined day will continue to fill those 44 hours.